Renaissance Key Figures

By Trey Wells
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Jan 1, 1398

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Germany
    Engraver, Inventor, and Printer
    By 1450, the press was in operation
    In 1455, Gutenberg completed copies of a beautifully executed folio Bible
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Italy
    Many and diverse fields of the arts and sciences
    Painted the Mona Lisa
    Painted the Last Supper
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
    May 3, 1469

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Italy
    Politics (and political philosophy), military theory, history
    Between 1503 and 1506 Machiavelli was responsible for the Florentine militia, including the City's defense.
    Machiavelli died in 1527 at the age of 58.
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Italy
    Sculpture, painting, architecture, and poetry
    Sculpted the statue of david
    Scilpted the Pieta
  • Baldassare Castiglione
    Dec 6, 1476

    Baldassare Castiglione

    Italy
    courtier, diplomat, soldier, author
    In 1524 Pope Clement VII sent Castiglione to Spain as Apostolic nuncio (ambassador of the Holy See) in Madrid.
    In 1516 Castiglione was back in Mantua, where he married a very young Ippolita Torelli
  • Sir Thomas More
    Feb 7, 1478

    Sir Thomas More

    England
    Lawyer
    More married Jane Colt in 1505
    In 1504 he was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth
  • Raphael
    Mar 28, 1483

    Raphael

    Italy
    Painting and architecture
    Made the St. Peters
    Painted the Galatea